GE Energy, an Atlanta-based division of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), said Tuesday it will invest $10 million in a new Houston facility.

The 50,000-square-foot Oil & Gas Training Facility is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of this year. GE said it would be the company’s “premier oil and gas training facility in the U.S.”

The facility will be located at GE Energy’s Drilling Systems Technology Center, at which the company plans to create some 100 new technical jobs, including mechanical and electrical engineers, as well as quality, design and support staff. The center, located just south of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, currently employs more than 600 people.

“The new Oil & Gas Training Center is a key part of our strategy to meet the growing global demand in drilling technology,” Chuck Chauviere, general manager, drilling, GE Oil & Gas, said in a statement. “At GE, safety is a top priority and the continuing development of a safe, well-trained workforce is the key to the industry’s success.”

Representatives from GE Energy unveiled plans for the new facility at a Greater Houston Partnership event Tuesday morning. In Houston, GE operates nine business units, which have a combined 6,000 employees.